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Wayne... I second your notion for some of the people to grow up and act responsible. This has gotten way out of hand for adults. Flame me for saying this but I totaly agree with you on this one. Fred (URL) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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To all you gripers out there who think The LEGO Group owes you something just because you've spent a couple of bucks on their product: GROW UP! A lot of you complaining about Brad Justus' comments about what is appropriate and legal to do regards (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Wayne R Hussey <eskimo@uswestmail.net> wrote in message news:Fn7q20.AJJ@lugnet.com... (...) just (...) Oh, please, you first!.. (...) appropriate (...) the (...) any (...) means. (...) If you still didn't get the idea after more than a hundered (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Why? That defeats the purpose of having LEGO for me! (...) Yes I do realize that, and I thank the TLC for allowing such databases to remain accessible to the public. (...) So we are supposed to fall over like little "yes men"? If we don't like (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hey Dad!! You seem to be too old to play with Lego. So your message isn't a gripe? And can't be very serious if you've only spent a couple of bucks on lego, come back when it's more like 20 or 30 grand. Mark H. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Wayne Hussey's Comments - Why Not Complain? (was Re: Brad...)
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(...) It may of interest noting here that I have yet to read or hear of a rational AFOL who griped about TLC owing them anything. But if I do, it's usually ignored by me. How about you? (...) Everyone here realizes that. Please read the "Fair Play" (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) <snipped most of post that I agree with> I would argue (hence the .debate follow-up) that driving IS a priviledge as opposed to a right. The necessity of high-speed transfer of stuff (and it's effect on our economy) has nothing to do with it (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Okay, I see that my intent was not clearly stated. I will give it another attempt. I was trying to present the idea that for those who disagree with Lego's comments about what is okay with them regards posting of retailer information, just because (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I believe that my 25 years of collecting and building with the Brick, and about $50,000 spending - not counting increased rents, storage materials and other expenses - during that time, qualifies me as "serious". (...) just (...) appropriate (...) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) come (...) While I'm tired of commenting on the civility issues, I do want to note at this point that while I am impressed with the people who can afford to spend tens of thousands of dollars on LEGO, I'm not impressed enough to grant that (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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What do you want? My opinion wasn't "serious" when it was thought I'd only spent a few bucks and was a neophite to the Lego Collecting Family - Mark asked me "to come back when I'd spent 20 to 30 grand", been there, done that. And now the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Relevant to point out that Mark, not Wayne, is the one who wanted to attach a dollar value to an opinion. James (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I chose to use Wayne's response as a launching point for my reply because, while defending himself against an attack, he wound up inadvertantly validating the concept of the attack, which was (paraphrased) "go away and come back when you've (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think your opinion is serious and I think Mark may have come off a bit harsh and knee jerkish. Further, as someone who is in the top decile, if not in the top 1%, of AFOLs, when ranked by amount spent, I think that the amount you spend is (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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Snippets: (...) You seem to have me confused with the person who originally challenged you, Wayne, as I had no argument with you. (...) Sorry - I guess I didn't make my point clear - I wanted to lampoon the idea that was used to attack you - that we (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) c/Carrey/Carney since I'm assuming you mean the guy with the fantastic! castles... :) James (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Agreed. (...) NOT agreed. If we don't complain, they won't know that they "have a problem". As I've stated before, I will respect TLC's wishes, but I certainly WON'T agree with them. Posting info to their website, linked or not, means it's (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes. Must have been a transmission error since I never make misteaks. (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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I think spending thousands on Lego toys does not reflect your Love of the Brick, but may well reflect on your sanity or your worldly success. I also thought your addendum to the Lego geek code was quite clever, and it caused an LOL or two here. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ouch, Tom. That's hitting below the belt! ;-) Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) So *that's* where spamcake comes from! Ewwww. :P -LFB (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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